Froma Harrop’s column about mainstream Democrats and how they need to stand up to radical leftists
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Ridicule — the last great death of a culture
A few words about the Trail of Tears and other jokes. Granted, the Trail of Tears would hardly seem a laughing matter. To the contrary, as recounted by History.com, it was an ordeal of robbery, mass relocation and death growing out of what white Americans of the 19th century saw as their “Indian problem.” By […]
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Cal Thomas: ‘Green New Deal’ is a total farce
Kermit the Frog was wrong. It is now easy to be “green.” The evidence is the “Green New Deal,” which CNN describes as a “…10-year ‘economic mobilization’ that would phase out fossil fuel use and overhaul the nation’s infrastructure while building whole new layers into the existing social safety net.” The 14-page resolution was proposed […]
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The optics of giddiness
Every endeavor has its lingo, a language that people in the field use as code. A vogue word in the lingo of political operatives these days is “optics.” It’s probably just a new word for an old concern. Did your parents caution you about what you look like when you, say, dye your hair purple […]
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Left needs to find its voice on Venezuela
NEW YORK — The Trump administration faces a test in Venezuela. It must pursue a foreign policy that helps usher out the odious regime of Nicolas Maduro without triggering a backlash against perceived American “imperialism.” It must support a political transition that doesn’t threaten the old guard so much that they fight to the end. […]
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President delivers forceful message
Eloquence is not a characteristic associated with President Donald Trump, but in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the president not only rose to the occasion, he also delivered a message that was beautifully crafted by his speechwriters, a speech devoid of much of the divisive and combative language that has characterized his […]
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Victory for U.S. is any day without attacks on U.S. soil
“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” President Trump declared in his State of the Union address. It was a line that could have been delivered by President Barack Obama, who in 2015 memorably said, “I do not support the idea of endless war.” Just a few days before Trump’s address, his own party delivered […]
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History has taught us a lot about walls and what they protect
Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign slogan, “Build That Wall,” has achieved iconic status as a shorthand for the cultural divide between those Americans who see immigration as integral to our national character and a southern boundary wall as immoral and those who view immigration as a threat to our way of life and an open […]
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Deficit spenders deny future unpleasantness
WASHINGTON — Let’s coin a new law of politics. Call it Neuman’s Law after Alfred E. Neuman of Mad magazine fame, whose philosophy is, “What, me worry?” Neuman’s Law postulates that there is never a good time to raise taxes or cut federal spending. This explains why, since 1961, the annual federal budget has been […]
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H-1B program ripe for major overhaul
Americans don’t usually think of technical professionals as “guest workers,” yet at any one time, there are more than a half-million foreigners holding tech jobs in the U.S. They are here thanks to the H-1B visa program. H-1B, so the official spiel goes, addresses an alleged shortage of “highly skilled” Americans to fill jobs “requiring […]